Math Matters in Cybersecurity: How Statistical Analysis and Anomaly Detection Help Protect Networks and Data

Cybersecurity is a technical field that requires strong quantitative skills. Math is an important tool in cybersecurity, as it is used to create and maintain secure networks, protect data from attacks, and identify and prevent intrusions. Math also helps cybersecurity professionals to solve complex problems and keep networks and data secure

Threat Hunting: A Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is a constantly evolving field that requires defenders to keep up with the latest threats and techniques of attackers. Traditional security tools, such as firewalls, antivirus, and intrusion detection systems, are often reactive and rely on signatures or rules to detect known threats. However, these tools may not be enough to stop advanced persistent threats (APTs) that can evade detection and remain hidden in a network for months or even years.

How to Get Started with Network Forensics: A Practical Guide

Network forensics is the science and art of investigating and analyzing network traffic data to discover and recover evidence of cyberattacks. It is a vital skill for anyone who wants to protect their network from hackers, malware, or data breaches. In this article, you will learn the basics of network forensics, such as what it is, why it is important, and how it works. You will also learn about the tools and techniques that network forensics experts use to capture, record, and analyze network packets. By the end of this article, you will have a solid foundation of network forensics knowledge and skills that you can apply to your own network or career. Let’s get started!

How to think Analytically

One of the hardest things in being a defensive security analyst is being able to think with your analytical side of your brain. Training your self to think analytically will greatly help you be a great defensive security analyst.

What I been up to

Figured I would talk about what I been up to these past few years and why I haven't been posting much.

Information Security Training

Here is some training information for the cyber security analyst may need to know to be effective at monitoring the network of an organization. This is just a stripped down and formatted a little different than some of the other articles that I have written before. Lot of the resources will be the same.

Splunk Extreme Search - xsCreateDDContext & xsWhere

Splunk has the ability to do some very impressive searches to help with statistical analysis. Some of those functions are not very well documented by Splunk's own internal documentation. I am going to go over a few commands and how they can be used.